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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell

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My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive. Boris Johnson

Good Elvis Finding Mars About Being Reincarnated Olive Chances

In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God's nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, 'Do as You promised.' Charles Spurgeon

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? George Eliot

Loneliness Lonely Distrust More Than

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. Malcolm Muggeridge

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Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. Benjamin Disraeli

Learning Suffering Three Seeing Studying Pillars Much

I'll tell you one thing for sure: once you get to the point where you're actually doing things for truth's sake, then nobody can ever touch you again because you're harmonizing with a greater power. George Harrison

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

Power Liberal Worshipper Without

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons

Anger Fool Argument First Ridicule Last

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf. George Orwell

Others Those Only Because Behalf Committing Who Violence

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? J. B. Priestley

Every one has her own love life. Every one has a dream to get a perfect life partner. But this is not so easy in real life. In fact, one doesn't love; it happens. Katrina Kaif

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I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right. Rachel Johnson

Freelance Teenagers Seemed Children Now Right

If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow. Rebecca Pidgeon

You Feathers Gossip Roof Fly Wind Single Every Slice Find Feather Take Open Know How How Far Pillow Go Up Want Far Then Away Travels

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. Bertrand Russell

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder. Charles Morgan

God Man Magical Finger More Surprise Than Being Loved Shoulder

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